Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Fried Green Tomatoes

At the peak of my garden's tomato harvest, I decided to shun the ripest of the crop and go for the hard green ones instead. I know, I know...it's craziness! But you see, it's not my fault. When I saw that fellow blogger and friend Moogie had made a batch of fried green tomatoes I was overcome with the need to try these myself. I couldn't wait another day. So you can blame her and I'll be off the hook.

I won't post her recipe here because I didn't change a thing to the basic fried tomato ingredients or technique. I did however change the sauce to be used to top the tomatoes. Moogie made a basil mayo, which sounds completely delicious. But I had more poblano peppers I was dealing with so I decided to make this roasted poblano and lime mayonnaise instead.

11 comments:

Oooooo, Ooooooo, Ooooooo I know all about these tastey morsels! Out of necessity we learned that in Arizonas high country it's nearly impossible to produce a decent crop of red full sized tomatoes. With the first frosts occuring in late August early September it's either preserve them or deep fry them. I had never tried them before. I was a skeptic until the first bite!Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Bob: I'd have never believed that it could frost in Az before Indiana until I visited my inlaws out there and they took us up into the higher elevations. Blazing hot desert one minute, frigid cold mountains, the next. Crazy! And yes, fried green tomatoes are something that one needs to be talked into trying, but once bitten, not twice shy!

But I hate dredging food through eggs, milk, and or flour and cornmeal. What a freaking mess!!! Then you have the grease mess from frying. Although it really seasoned my cast iron skillet to a beautiful midnight black.

Oh geez Mags, you've done it again. These look amazing and the poblano lime mayo...well, that I'm gonna make. The tomatoes - no such thing down in the AZ "low country", aka deep south. My green tomatoes fried themselves before I could even harvest them last year. It was such a bust we didnt' plant one darn thing this year. By the way, have fun at your family re-onion! What'cha cook'in?

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This is my documentation of my life after turning 50. Lots of recipes, some healthy, some not so much... tossed up with a hefty dose of sarcasm and motherly love.
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